Machine for larding meat and the like.



D. DEGHERT.

MACHINE FOR LARDING MEAT AND THE LIKE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB.5,1907.

Patented June 15,1909,

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

D. DEGHERT,

MAGEINE FOR LARDING MEAT AND L1H.

APPLICATION TILED FEB. 5,1907.

Patented June 15, 190% QQQEASQQ 2 SHEETS-411E111 2.

1 mime bars 'uction uwhereby the knife Fig. 5 and filled with bacon and pl partitioi'is of the box 24 and the raelobars 31 are so arranged that at every turn of the latter the cross-bar 29 together with the plates 27' move upward by just the thickness of a slice of bacon.

The slices of bacon coining out of the box. are cut into strips by a doulde-edged knife 36 which is turnable at the pivot 3 7 actuated by a bar 38 which is connected with the crank-disk This latter crank-disk is driven by the axle which bears the; canudisk l and the gear wheels 40 and all in such a way that, when the said cam disk turns once, the crank disk 39 makes only hall a turn swings only once in. the same time. As the connecting rod is slotted at 42, the knife stops for awhile after each movement, in which time the needles do the larding.

The device for filling the box with con (represented in Fig. consists of a box shaped guide 43 which is of the no of the box 24 but minus the partitions.

11B guide is removed from the device shown in ced on the box 24 which is drawn laterally irom the guides 2i. Both the boxes 43 and 2 are now pushed into the box 4% under the press ing piston 46 and the latter is moved do wu- Ward by the screw as into the guide 3 whereby the bacon is driven out of the into the box 24 wherein the bacon is cut into slices by the knives 26 and enter into the par titions respectively.

The manner of larding is as 'l'ollo s: After filling the box 24 with bacon, the box re-- moved from the box ie, is separated from the guide 43, and pushed into the guides L r of the plate 1. The'platcs 27 now touch the slices of bacon which are in the box 2 and 1f the box contains twelve. slices ol; bacon and as represented the machine has needles, the latter number ol' si'ces only are worked when the crank wheel is turned. hen this latter wl'ieel is turned, the can disk rotates, actuated by the axle 33 and the bevel gears ll, 32, moving the needles and the pushers to and l'ro. Supposing each needle is opened by moving the respective pusher, as shown in l ig. 3, then a part ol the bacon l'rom the upper side of the box, enters the needle during the move-- ment of the cross-bar '30 and the kuil'e 36 moves under all the nix-divs and cuts oil the protruding bacon into strips so, that each needle is provided with one The pusher-s ,15 now go luuikward \vlu-reon the needles are closed by the springs l7 and the needles go l'oru'urd and project li'Olll theguidiiur plalo and ruler into lhe meat laidlio l'ront of them. it this inslunl, the pusli'ers l5 are driven l'orward by the rrossbar 17 causing their wudg'erbslraped planes to open the needles just as lbw la l r start repeating the work. The uplifting of the plates 27 cll'ected by the cross-bar 6 which, during its backward movement pushes against the slanting planes of the pieces 34 causing the latter to move downward whereon the toothed-bar 31,

actuated. by the lever 33, is lifted. The

springs i8 press the lever upward when the cross-bar moves a little forward in such. a way that the toothed bars 31 move downward one cog. After the four slices of bacon are completely worked oil', the crossbar 29 is drawn out of the box. together with the plates 27, and the box 24 is shifted in guides so that each needle is again filled for :23 (Fig. 1) so that newv slices come under the plates ready l'or working.

instead of four needles, any numbercan be employed, and in the same way the box 24: may contain more than twelve partitions.

The nnichine may be (.li'iven by hand or in any other suitable means.

l claim:

in a machine for larding meat and the like, the combination of a plate containing mounted on a table, needles comprising two parts and having projecting pins arrangedcn said table, a cross bar having slits slidably ar'anged -on the table and adapted to actuate the needles by engaging with the pins which. are inserted in the slits, springs arranged on said table for keeping the needles closed, pushers having projecting pins slidably arranged. in each needle re spcctivcly, a cross bar engaging the pins of the pushers and slid-ably arranged on the table, a disk having cam tracks, a lever ongaging in one ol said cam tracks oisaid disk adapted to .liHHl the cross bar (5 to engage the said needles, another lever engaging in the other cam track ol said disk to move the cross bar to engage the said. pushers, a double edged knife .inovably arranged under said needles, an arm having a slit therein and 'operativcly connected with said knil'e, a crank disk on which the said arm is rcvolubly mounted l'or moving tl :said parts, a plate adapted to guide the needles, a box having guides and knivcd partition walls inserled in said guides, and adapted to contain slices oi bacon, plates arranged on an arm and located underneath said box [or pushing the slices of bacon from the releversinposition and acrenk Wheel adapted spective partitions of said 'bOX, sleeves to operate the said parts.

having slits movably arranged under the said table for holding the said arm,'1evers DANIEL D 5 having arms with oblique rojections there- Witnesses on, rack bars ada' ted to 1ft said plates by WILHELM SPENGLER,

i or maintaining the said ENGELHARD LEUKROTH degrees, springs 

